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* Some spells may do damage, but do NOT have a Circle. Such spells may not be Mana Burned. The only way to increase their damage is increasing caster level, application of metamagic feats, or methods described in the spell itself. | * Some spells may do damage, but do NOT have a Circle. Such spells may not be Mana Burned. The only way to increase their damage is increasing caster level, application of metamagic feats, or methods described in the spell itself. | ||
* You can't increase spell circle above what your character level (NOT class level) would enable you to cast as a spell level. | * You can't increase spell circle above what your character level (NOT class level) would enable you to cast as a spell level. | ||
* If a spell has a minimum Circle listed which is higher than the Circle you can legally cast due to the rule above, then the Circle is reduced to the highest Circle you | * If a spell has a minimum Circle listed which is higher than the Circle you can legally cast due to the rule above, then the Circle is reduced to the highest Circle you can use. | ||
* Increasing a spells Circle moves the spells damage up on the damage scale. It is possible for a level 3 spell to be boosted to do circle 5 damage. Each step you move up, requires one spell slot to be burned. | * Increasing a spells Circle moves the spells damage up on the damage scale. It is possible for a level 3 spell to be boosted to do circle 5 damage. Each step you move up, requires one spell slot to be burned. | ||
* [[Metamagic Feats]] stack normally when used at the same time as Mana Burning, and only escalate the 'base' spell slot. All benefits of the metamagic feat apply to the effects of the spell's Circle after all Burning has been done. Yes, you can memorize a Perfected Fireball (using a ninth level spell slot, unless you've [[Between_Adventures#Spell_Research | researched it down]]), and then burn fourteen spell slots to increase the Perfected Fireball's Circle 3 damage to Circle 17 damage (assuming you are high enough level to reach Circle 17 damage), and do maximized Circle 17 damage, DOUBLED. Expensive, yes, but that fireball would cast shadows on the Sun.... | * [[Metamagic Feats]] stack normally when used at the same time as Mana Burning, and only escalate the 'base' spell slot. All benefits of the metamagic feat apply to the effects of the spell's Circle after all Burning has been done. Yes, you can memorize a Perfected Fireball (using a ninth level spell slot, unless you've [[Between_Adventures#Spell_Research | researched it down]]), and then burn fourteen spell slots to increase the Perfected Fireball's Circle 3 damage to Circle 17 damage (assuming you are high enough level to reach Circle 17 damage), and do maximized Circle 17 damage, DOUBLED. Expensive, yes, but that fireball would cast shadows on the Sun.... | ||